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DEALING WITH NO ORDINARY COMMODITY: ALCOHOL

Global Alcohol Policy Conference: Thailand, 14-16 February as Honorary Research Fellow at SHORE, Massey University.
Keywords: Health; Regulation & Taxation; Social Policy;
The theme of this presentation is that alcohol is no ordinary commodity; economic policy has to think about it differently.
The alcoholic beverages industry, of course, produces jobs and profits for investors, just like any other industry. [...]

14th February 2012 | Comments Closed

THE TOO HARD BASKET

THE TOO HARD BASKET
Listener: 19 January, 2012.
Keywords: Environment & Resources; Distributional Economics;  Macroeconomics & Money; Political Economy & History;  Regulation & Taxation;  Social Policy;
Every government has issues it hopes will go away. They don’t. Here are some for our one.
Our Emissions Trading Scheme is looking like a dog’s breakfast, and/or something the US Congress dredged [...]

19th January 2012 | Comments Closed

TREASURY IMPROVING

Listener: 23 November, 2011.
Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Social Policy;
Economists always knew income was just one contributor to total well-being, but it was the only bit they could study. Later, as the databases became more comprehensive, new research enabled them to turn their minds to what else matters and to look at whether [...]

23rd November 2011 | Comments Closed

NZ CHILD WELFARE A DISGRACE

Listener: 28 October, 2011.
Keywords: Social Policy;
Is New Zealand the best place in the world to bring up children? A report from economist David Grimmond, The Effectiveness of Public Investment in New Zealand Children, suggests not. After combining 26 indicators of children’s welfare from 30 OECD countries – ranging from drunkenness, bullying and suicide to overcrowding, [...]

28th October 2011 | Comments Closed

SOME NOTES ON TREATMENT INJURY AND EQUITY

I wrote this note in October 2011, to sort out some of my ideas. I am putting it on the websirte, because it represents a step on the way to some important developments in my thinking on the role of tort law and social insurance.
Keywords: Social Policy;
My thinking on a number of issues related to [...]

12th October 2011 | Comments Closed

THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN NEW ZEALAND

Paper to a Student Group from Carleton University, 10 February 2011.
Keywords: History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Political Economy & History; Social Policy;
Europeans were greatly puzzled by the American debate over President Obama’s health reforms, for almost everyone there assumes the public sector should actively promote universal health care. Clearly that is not the [...]

10th February 2011 | Comments Closed

SUPPORTING THE DISABLED

For my evidence see http://www.eastonbh.ac.nz/?p=1393.

Keywords: Health; Social Policy;
One of the ways I earn my crust is as a consultant. Although it often involves very satisfying economics, I rarely use the experience directly in my public writings (and if I do I tell you). Another rule is dont get too involved in the case. [...]

17th December 2010 | Comments Closed

PUBLIC SPENDING AND HOME HEALTH SERVICES

New Zealand Home Health National Conference, 2 September, Auckland
Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money;  Social Policy;
I have been asked to present an account of the economic context in which the home health services industry will function. I am not going to talk about the rising demand for its services because of population shifts taking that as a [...]

2nd September 2010 | Comments Closed

UNHEALTHY START

Why are we faring so badly when it comes to the health of our children?
Listener 21 August, 2010.
Keywords: Social Policy;
We used to think New Zealand was the best place in the world to bring up children. Alas, this is no longer true, as the statistics in the box below show. They come from a report [...]

21st August 2010 | Comments Closed

THE BENEFITS AND COSTS OF GAMBLING: SOME POLICY IMPLICATIONS

Commissioned Report: April 2010
Keywords: Health; Regulation & Taxation; Social Policy;
Executive Summary
The following is not the usual executive summary. Rather it draws out the policy implications of the known costs and benefits of gambling, thereby summarising the main report, which consists of two parts. Appendix I is a general account about how economists think about social [...]

18th April 2010 | Comments Closed
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